See also:
U+8477, 葷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8477

[U+8476]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8478]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 140, +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿月十十 (TBJJ), four-corner 44506, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1046, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31461
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1508, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3257, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8477

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qʰul
*qʰul
*qʰul
*qʰul
*qʰul, *ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
*qʰul, *ɡuːn
*qʰul
*qʰons, *ɢuns
*kuːn
*kuːn, *ɢuns
*kuːnʔ, *ɡuːnʔ, *ɢuns
*kuːns, *ɡuːnʔ
*kuːns
*ŋɡuːn
*ŋɡuːn, *ŋɡuːns, *ɡuːn
*ŋɡuːns
*ɡuːn, *ɢuns
*ɡuːn, *ɡuːnʔ
*ɡuːn
*ɡuːn
*ɡuːn
*ɡuːnʔ
*kun
*kun, *kuns
*ŋɡunʔ
*ŋɡunʔ
*qʰun
*qunʔ
*qunʔ
*ɢuns
*ɢuns
*ɢuns

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiun/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hun/
Li
Rong
/xiuən/
Wang
Li
/xĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xūn
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xūn
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjun ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰu[n]/
English Allium

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7338
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰun/

Definitions

  1. (Buddhism) strong-smelling vegetables, such as spring onion, garlic and garlic chives
  2. meat or fish dishes (as opposed to vegetarian dishes)
  3. (figuratively) low-class; obscene; vulgar; dirty

Compounds

  • 七葷八素七荤八素
  • 不葷不素不荤不素
  • 二葷鋪二荤铺
  • 五葷五荤
  • 冷葷冷荤 (lěnghūn)
  • 吃葷飯吃荤饭
  • 戒葷戒荤
  • 托葷鹹食托荤咸食
  • 茹葷茹荤 (rúhūn)
  • 葷允荤允
  • 葷湯臘水荤汤腊水
  • 葷笑話荤笑话
  • 葷粥荤粥
  • 葷素不忌荤素不忌

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Only used in 葷粥荤粥 and 葷鬻荤鬻.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. strong smelling
  2. strong smelling vegetable, esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum), Chinese scallion (Allium chinense), Allium macrostemon (Japanese garlic)
  3. meat diet

Readings

  • On (unclassified): くん (kun), ぐん (gun)
  • Kun: なまぐさ (namagusa)

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(hun) (hangeul , McCuneReischauer hun, Yale hwun)

  1. meat diet
  2. strong smelling

Vietnamese

Han character

(huân, hôi)

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